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There are big plans in the city of Chiang Rai, Thailand, for a
massive Buddhist temple that priests aim to make one of the most
beautiful structures in the world, and have entrusted Chalermchai
Kositpipat to design it, in all-white with glittering glass and
arrangements of "rich symbolism derived from Buddhist and Hindu
traditions."

If Kositpipat has his way, according to an April
Huffington Post dispatch, the temple will also have images of
Superman, Batman, and (from the movie "The Matrix") Neo--all of
which, Kositpipat said, further Lord Buddha's "message."
[Huffington Post, 4-26-2012]

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Architect Sou Fujimoto recently unveiled his public restroom (for
women only, though) whose one transparency-enclosed toilet sits in
a 2,160-square-foot private garden of cherry, plum, and peach trees.
The six-foot-high-walled park is located beside a railway station in
Ichihara City, east of Tokyo. Japan is a world leader in fanciful
toilets, and Fujimoto said he thought the scenery would enhance the
user's "feeling of release." [Japan Broadcasting Corporation via
CNET News, 4-14-2012]